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    FOURIER

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    French sociologist and reformer who hoped to achieve universal harmony by reorganizing society (1772-1837)play

    Synonyms:

    Charles Fourier; Fourier; Francois Marie Charles Fourier

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Instance hypernyms:

    sociologist (a social scientist who studies the institutions and development of human society)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    French mathematician who developed Fourier analysis and studied the conduction of heat (1768-1830)play

    Synonyms:

    Baron Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier; Fourier; Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Instance hypernyms:

    mathematician (a person skilled in mathematics)

    physicist (a scientist trained in physics)

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